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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUX-TELECRA3I, SATURDAY, MARCIT26,

The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram Published and owned by tha " PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Issued 7 days each week, eveninga and Sunday morning. Olftce- Corner North Sth and A street Home Phone 1121. RICHMOND. XKCXANA.

Redolph a. Leeda............. . .Edlta Cbaile EI. Morgan . . . Maaalns Editor Ca1 Berahardt . .Aaaoclate Editor W. R. Poaadatoae Nem Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond 10.00 per year (In advance) or 10c per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONa One year. In advance $5.00 btx month, In advance 2.60 One month. In advance .48 RURAL ROUTES. One yenr. In advance fS.50 Hx months. In advance 1.S0 One month, in advance 25 Addresn changed an oftn as desired : ooth new and old addresses must be etven. Subscribers win please remit with order. which should t.e riven for a specified term; name will not be entered until payment Is received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post office a eccnd class mall matter. The Association of American 4 Advertisers (New York City) hat 4 L examined and certified to the circulation j of this publication. Only the figures of 4 r drcuiation contained in its report arc i r m . i ..j 4 items Gathered in From Far and Near Teaching Swimming. From the Troy Record. In the "good days of old' 'the boys all learned to swim In nature's way. Hieing away to the swimming hole as soon as they could walk the distance, they took off their clothes and jumped into shallow water. There they paddled after the imitative manner which is general among all members of the animal kingdom until they knew the stroke. Soon after this some large bully would throw them into deep water for sport, and they could swim. Things are different today. Boys in cities find the swimming hole miles away. A certain timidity of the water comes with distance from it and the river is a big tub to paddle in. The result is that boys in the city are growing up without a knowledge of the art which is such a pleasure and a means of safety. Some method Is necessary to counteract the changes made by the growth of cities. The decision of certain men in this city, that public school boys should be afforded the opporunity to learn the proper way to disport themselves in the water is one that will meet the approval of the community. The cooperation of the Young Men's Christian. Association, which alone has the facilities, was to have been expected of this splendid institution. Many cities of America have made swimming part of their educational curriculum. Here it is to be an optional study. There will be no longer any excuse for ignorance in this delightful art. How to be Popular. From the Minneapolis Journal. The way to be popular has been explained by one of the marshmallow magazines which inflates itself with the idea that it is directing modern life. "When you shake hands with a man," runs the recipe, "grasp the hand as though you were glad to see the owner, look him in the eye and pive him a smile from your heart." This is a sure-enough-recipe. It has been used a million times from Alciblades down to day before yesterday. It has been worked by some of the greatest frauds in Christendom to subserve their own ends. The man Vho is seeking popularity, posing for it, angling for it, usually doesn't deserve it. Keep your admiration for men who show sou their real selves, who, when they are bothered or worried, . or mad or glad, make it manifest by appropriate faclaj expression, nnd who are not constantly standing themselves before the mirror. Belated Honor for Pocahontas. From the Chicago Record-Herald. It is with a profound realization of this country's lasting debt to Pocahontas that we heartily approve of the proposition to have her name carved on a tablet in the hall of fame. Pocahontas made John Smith famous, an achievement that was prodigious, and It is well that the people of this country should do something by way of showing their appreciation. Whether the custodians of the hall of fame propose to give the lady's husband recognition by conferring immortality upon her as Mrs. Pocahontas Rolfe, or whether 6he is to go down to posterity simply as Pocahontas, we do not know. However that may be, we repeat that the movement Is one which may be cordially indorsed by all public-spirited citizens. TWINKLES Valuation. aen blossoms gleam and zephyrs sigh And sunshine melts the ice, The cost of living may be high, But living's worth the price. The Hasty Word. ; "You look blue and regretful." "I am. I. spoke hastily to my wife this morning." "Is it possible!" "Yes. She asked me if she could have two spring hats this year, and. without thinking, I said 'yes'." An Impression. "Did you see the crown jewels while

A PURELY LOCAL VOLCANO "The election of Eugene N. Foss to Congress on the Democratic ticket is the most conclusive answer possible to the contention that the Payne tariff bill is a winning Issue for the Republican party. Any one who puts forward the idea hereafter is either blind or disingenuous." Indianapolis Star. ...

"All of which goes to prove that the contention of the Republicans is right, that the tariff is purely a local matter." The Shelbyville Republican.

Of course that is what old General Hancock said and no one believed him then. But the Massachusetts election in the domain of Overlord Lodge looks like an eruption of a volcano. Doubtless the citizens of Pompeii thought Vesuvius merely caused by "local disturbances." The general eruption of the people in those places where expression cannot be found through Insurgency will make a pretty lot of craters resembling a mountain range of indignation. Which rather goes to prove that the pressure from the top had better not be applied in Indiana as it was in Massachusetts.

A GREATER INDIANA CLUB When Holden of Ames the agricultural college of Iowa, commenced to tell Iowa farmers about their corn through the medium of pamphlets, they put them up behind the clock and forgot them. And Holden went on with his experiments and his work preaching the gospel of better corn to all comers. Just about then two closely allied forces discovered Holden. They were the business men of Iowa cities and the railroads. On first sight a germination box for testing seed corn has no particular relation to dry goods, banks and railroads. But the Iowans discovered that though Iowa's corn was about the best in the world, that it fell short of what it could be. What cotton is to the South, so corn is to Iowa. Right then and there the railroads concluded it was worth w,hile to take up the corn proposition. If Iowa could, as Holden said, raise a third more corn, it meant so much more freight. They put up thousands of dollars and a special train and sent Holden over Iowa. More yet the business men's clubs of every town jumped at the chance To increase the corn yield meant more trade more money for them. You can't get away from the fact that wealth has to be created.

There is one thing that Indiana can do. Professor Christie of Purdue is as good an authority as Holden. He ought to be turned loose in the land and backed up by the business men. A Greater Indiana Club could be formed out of the boosters of this state. Let them round up Christie and his helpers and give them encouragement and Indiana can be the greatest corn producing state in the world. This is the day of intensive farming or rather tomorrow is! The business men of Indiana have a splendid opportunity to do good for themselves. This is the true development of the state. It is the creation of wealth.

The corn school can be secured if a little energy is used right now. you were in London?" "Yes," replied Mrs. Cumrox. "They were pretty but some of th designs are awfully old-fashioned." Difference of Opinion. It shocks me when some man that I instinctively admire Is put up by the critics as a target for their fire. There never was a person yet in this great world of ours Who didn't get bouquets with thorns concealed amid the flowers. Though you are sure a man should be the universal choice He never gets his glory without some dissenting voice. And when some person that I feel convinced is full of guile Is mentioned, some one always has a kind word and a smile. There never was a person subject to these critical attacks Who had no friendly armor to ward off the battle ax. And so humanity goes on with argument and fuss. All vainly striving for one thought that is unanimous! Deicious bread is assured when GOLD COIN FLOUR IS USED. Ask your Grocer. A FATAL DISEASE ROBBED OF TERROR Rockefeller Institute Serum Is a Cure for Spinal Meningitis. HUNDREDS OF CURES MADE DR. FLEXNER, THE DISCOVERER, HAS SENT HUNDREDS OF PACKAGES OF THE CURE TO ALU PARTS OF TH E WORLD. New York, March 26 Spinal meningitis, the disease which for years has been regarded as almost synonymous with death, is now no more dangerous than a bad case of grip. Or. Simon Flexner, of the -Rockefeller institute, who has been laboring for years to find an antidote for the terrible malady, has at last succeeded in perfecting a serum that, in early stages of the disease, is as effective as the antitoxin which has swept the fear of death from diphtheria. This was learned yesterday when medical men all over the city were discussing the statement made secretly to a private gathering of physicians by Dr. Flexner this week that after recent experiments in New York hospitals it had been conclusively proved that the new serum was an almost certain cure of the disease. Mortality Only 16.5 Per Cent. That more than a year ago Dr. Flexner succeeded in manufacturing the serum; that he sent quantities of it all over the world to localities where epidemics of meningitis existed, and

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that he rigorously restricted its use to hospitals where records of its effect could be made, was also learned, as was the fact that out of 123 cases of the ailment treated with, the serum before the third day of advancement of the disease, 107 recovered. This gives a mortality of 16.5 per cent, where formerly the percentage of deaths was from 75 to 80 per cent. Several months ago Dr. Flexner issued a private report of -kil cases treated with serum, in which the death percentage was less than 4 when treatment was begun in time, and since that time he has so perfected the serum that now it is said, only a trifling mortuary per cent attends the malady. Tribute to Its Value. "I consider Dr. Flexner's serum of priceless value in combating the disease which medicine had always considered almost impregnable," said Dr. Louis Fisher. "I have used the serum with excellent results. "fn early stages of spinal meningitis I consider it as effective and certain as antitoxin in diphtheria cases. It is almost a specific if used in time. "Dr. Flexner made it known that he was averse to its use until perfected under any but the most favorable circumstances. To this end he restricxed its use to hospitals. "The serum is injected into the lower cavity of the spinal column. It is of a complex bacteriological composition, which no one without such facilities as are offered by Rockefeller institute can manufacture. "Besides warding off the disease when taken in its early stages, the serum hastens recovery." MASONIC CALENDAR. Monday, March 28. Richmond Commandary No. S, K. T. Work in the Templar degree. Tuesday, March 29. Richmond Lodge No. 196 F. & A. M. Work in Master Mason degree. Saturday, April 2. Loyal Chapter No. 49 O. K. S. Stated meeting. Take the car to West Main tomorrow and see Its wonderful improvement. 20-1 1 LETTER LIST. Women Zanetta Andrews, Mrs. Ann Bailey, Mrs. E. E. Boster, Miss Mary Jerret, Mrs. Mendenhall, Mrs. Mollie Martin, Mrs. Geo. W. Moberley, Hazel Rossiter. Mrs. Phoebe Stanton. Men Avena Antonio, Geo. Ames,burg, Geo. Benham, I. L. Bradfield, Phillip A. Dewey, Hunter, Harris & Co. Nichols & Shepard, Co., W. D. Pee, Frank Rosfet. Perkins Wind Mill Co., Clarence Sailor, Rollan Sanfort, Wise & Varnse, E. W. Wood, Rev. G. D. Williams. Drops Mrs Jennie Austerhous, Mrs. Mary Eps, Miss Ethel Winston. J. A. SPEKENHIER, P. M. At the opening of the Ruskin park extension, Denmark, Hill, Mr. George Alexander said that in coming down he asked Mr. Severin what was Ruskin'a favorite game, and was told, "Battledore and Shuttlecock." . Mr. Severn also told him that Ruskin believed. in exercises that were useful and when at Oxford advised some ladies who had given him a catalogue of the various exercises they practiced that better than all would be to carry the coals upstairs. Westminister Review.

Novelties in the

New York Florists Are Now Abandoning Church Contracts to Decorate Private Homes Many New Species.

New York, March 26. A great change has come over the Easter flower trade this year. The center of Interest has shifted entirely, so far as the leaders of the profession are concerned, from providing decorations for the wealthy churches, to designing floral displays for the private homes of the wealthy parishioners. The most exclusive dealers announce this year that they are taking no church orders whatsoever. The reason seems to be two fold; In the first place there is more money in the honje trade, and then there is more chance for the florist to display originality in decorations for private houses. As for the money end, the patrons of the fashionable shops must give rather of a free hand, for the best church contracts range from $1,000 to $1,500, and from the financial standpoint aren't to be despised. The matter of prestige, however, is quite another story. Church decorations are more or less stereotyped. They change very little from year to year. The small church has a small display, and the fashionable church has a bigger one, but they are all very much alike. This newly developed business of surprising the sophisticated aesthetic sense of the very rich has called into being a new class of men, the master horticulturalists, on whom the fashionable florists depend for their "specialties." Each year these artists in their profession present several new varieties, which shall distinguish the decorations of the particular purchase. There are district "beats" in the horticultural line, to be recognized only by the people in the trade or the connoisseur. The exclusive shop will buy from two to or three of these specialists, depending on them for something new for Easter. The "floral "beat" is a long time coming. After a new variety is obtained it may take two or three years, easily, to "develop" it, as it is called, for the market. Consequently the exclusive grower now has not only his "specialties" for this year ready, but those for next year have been arranged, and the ones for the year afterward are under way. The regions around New York, on Long Island, and across the river in Jersey are dotted with the greenhouses where the flower fanciers are at work. Orchids, so the authorities declare, are to be the fashionable thing for personal wear this Easter, and the best of them come from Secaucus, N. J. The choicest roses for this year's display are ready and waiting over near Whitestone, L. I., and next year's have been fully determined. The region between Whitestone and Flushing is simply sprinkled with greenhouses, many growers and among the artist in roses. He is French, and supplies what might be called the most exclusive market. . "Specialties for every Easter" he said laughingly. Yes, that is what we try to do, but you cannot always tell. Sometimes it comes out so differently. It is that you come from the country perhaps? Well, you see the picture in the catalogue, and you plant the seeds, but what comes up is quite different, is it not? So it is with us. But this year we have several." This Easter the thing in roses is to

Business Review of The Past Week by Henry Clews

Holiday quiet pervaded the stock i market at the close of the week. Many j prominent operators are still absent on ! Easter vacations, and this also tend-! ed to discourage activity. The most' important feature of the week was the j offering of $50,XX,000 New York City ; 414s. The issue was a success, inas-! much as it was largely over-subscribed i and the prices realized were fair, con-! sidering favorable conditions. The j credit of New York city 13 unimpaired, j yet bond issues have been coming j along with great frequency, and the I market has been well if not over suppiled. It is estimated that about $10,-! 000,000 of this issue were placed abroad which is satisfactory, especially in view of the fact that conditions generally favor stocks more than bonds. The latter yield only a fixed income, and in times like the present when the cost of living has greatly expanded, those dependent upon investments for their incomes prefer stocks which offer better returns and a chance of increased dividends. The stock markets is in a waiting atitude, and is likely to so remain until the April settlements are over and the labor outlook becomes more clear. Funds withdrawn previous to the first of April for the usual disbursements do not generally return before the middle of that month, leaving an interval of unsettlement and possible stringency. Money is firm abroad as well as here, and a further advance in the Bank of England rate would not be surprising. The British political situation somewhat disturbs the London market, as does the low price of Consols, wild promotion of rubber companies and the large Issues of securities In general. It is quite certain that the situation abroad is not as strong as here, and this fact will have to be taken Into consideration on the renewal of any bull movement on this side. Possibly Europe might become a seller of Americans on any pronounced rise, a contingency which is not desirable in view of the present condition of our foreign trade, and the indications of renewed gold exports. Of late -we have been freely sending securities to Europe in part settlement of an adverse foreign trade balance; and this influx of foreign capital will undoubtedly be a stimulus, not only to this market, but also to the industrial Interests which furnish railroad materials.' . . The d resent month has witnessed

Easter Plants

be the "Hiawatha," that was discover ed by a grower near Yood's Hole, Mass. where the biologists hold their summer conclaves. This man is devoted to Longfellow and names all his productions "after some personage in the" poetry." He has had an Evangeline, and the Frenchman out on Long Island has taken his Hiawatha and developed It. The Hiawatha Is a potted rose plant, growing rather like a rambler, but its cluster blossoms are large and very perfect and of pure American Beauty tint. A Whitestone establishment devotes itself entirely to growing plants rather than cut flowers. The ends of the earth are drawn upon for specialties. There is mimosa from Australia, a gorgeous Queen Alexandra marguerite, with a shaded brown center, from the Cape of Good Hope, which Monsieur, the proprietor, pronounces like a cockney, saying "Cop." The rare varieties found In foreign lands are taken and "developed" for the market. Heath, it seems is the most difficult of all known nursery "specialties" to grow. The plants are fine, delicate things, meant only for near view, what the grower calls "exquise for the table basket." The life of the flower artist is not an easy one, but this season there will be "erica Cavendishii." coral heath; yellow, magenta, and several other shades ready for the wealthy patron. Heaths are grown at i temjerature between 8 and ' . egrees Farenheit. in dry air, to slmul-te their native high altitude. Acacias of rare varieties are cultivated for the "exclusive" trade. This year there is one with white blossoms and fine heart-shaped leaves, "acacia cardata." These acacias are tiny, exquisite things meant to be seen close at hand. Of the larger display of shrubs there is a rare plant originally brought from the West Indies by a French Admiral, and loyally called after him, "Bougainvillea," the French florists say it glibly, but the Yankee buyer for the exclusive shop prefers to mention it as a "speciality in light purple." The wealthy this year are also to be treated to a Japanese hydrangea, an Oriental looking variation of the usual and a little hydrangea plant, covered with huge white blossoms, called the "Jeanne D'arc." For the common ordinary folks they still continue to consume a few million of bulbs at Easter time. It is not so exciting as the list of "specialties" for the wealthy, but it makes an impressive total. This estimate is made by a bulb importing house for New York City and the near-by region supplied by New York dealers. About rRMXx Easter lilies, "a conservative figure." Most of these are Japanese, the best from far Formosa, and only 1 5,i u to from Bermuda. Bermuda lilies have temporarily succumbed to the greed of mankind. It seems that when lilies are grown for bulbs you must sacrifice the blossoms. For the last few years some rapacious souls have grown cut stalks for the market and tried to have the bulbs, too. As a punishment to fit the crime the Bermuda lilies have been attacked by a disease. Importers found that from o to " per cent of the bulbs had to be thrown away, so the Bermuda lilies will have to take a vacation of several years to recover from overwork. very heavy offerings of new securities, which have been surprisingly well ta-1 ken. It is a noticeable feature at the j moment that securities generally are in strong hands, the floating supply inj the street being relatively small. The! public is certainly not in the market to any extent, and this is one of the strongest features in the situation. Railroad earnings continue satisfactory, and traffic generally is heavy. The only disturbing feature in the railroad circles is the unrest of labor, and the possibilities of unreasonable demands. Railroad managers are generally willing to make moderate concessions to their employes; but are finding that stockholders also are Insisting upon having a share in any prosperity which the railroads may be enjoying. Several prominent railroads have already increased their dividends, and there are rumors of others to follow. Under such circumstances it is not surprising that stocks are firmly held, and generally receive a preference over bonds. General trade is fairly actve. Here and there weak spots may be found, especially where an excessive advance in prices has checked consumption and distribution. Cotton goods have already receded somewhat, owing to the conditions just named, and the decline was quickly followed by a better demand for fabrics. Our cotton manufacturers, however, are still embarrassed by the high prices of raw material. In the woolen industry the large mills are generally busy, but some of the emaller concerns are suffering from a paucity of orders. The iron and steel trade is in good form, and the outlook promising. Later on the railroads are sure to be heavy buyers of equipment, and other materials: and this industry will be stimulated by recent security issues more than any other. In other branches of trade a conservative spirit is displayed, owing to the high level of prices, which induces caution on the part of bankers in making advances, and prevents distributors from carrying large stocks. The commercial outlook, however, is generally satisfactory. Thus far agricultural prospects are equally so. "There is an inmate In the Colchester workhouse, England, who is ninety six years of age, one who is ninetytwo, twenty-one between eighty and ninety and fifty-three between seventy and ebzhtv.

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AN INHUMAN CRIME (American News Service) . Milan, March 26. The Carrara marble mines district has been startled by an inhuman crime committed by an old man of seventy, named Carletti. Suspecting his little niece. OIga, a pretty 7 year old girl, of pilfering dainties from the kitchen, the old. ed out her brains with the but end of his gun. Unable to carry out his design of flinging the child's body into a disused quarry, on account of the throng of marble workers passing homeward bound after their day's toil, Carletii locked it in a wine cellar, and afterwards called Angela, the child's elder sister, and cynically bade her to look in the cellar, as she would find Olga there asleep. Angela says that the poor victim was still silently breathing, but expired almost at once in her arms, murmuring, "Mamma, mamma." The carabinieri have a strong suspicion that the deed was a premeditated one. They promptly ar rested net only the assassin but his wife and nephew, and shut them up A Msond Ho Mft. JAHU BTK.1C :

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